Tillie
Tillie is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 27 male / 14,590 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Tillie
If you do not know Tillie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Tillie,” in English, “Guten Tag Tillie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Tillie,
German
Guten Tag Tillie,
French
Bonjour Tillie,
Spanish
Estimado/a Tillie:
Chinese
Tillie您好：
Japanese
Tillie様
English
Hi Tillie,
German
Hi Tillie,
French
Salut Tillie,
Spanish
Hola Tillie,
Chinese
Tillie你好：
Japanese
Tillieさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name |
United States birth data
27 male · 14,590 female · 14,617 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tillie a male or female name?
Tillie is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Tillie in an email?
If you do not know Tillie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Tillie,” in English, “Guten Tag Tillie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Tillie a unisex name?
Tillie is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Tillie a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/tillie. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_tillie,
title = {Is Tillie a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/tillie},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}